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| It`s Just a tribute (to Bill Hicks) |
| 11.18.05 (10:29 am) |
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[img]http://sternisha.com/i/bhicks...[/img] As a young child at school i had grown up wanting to stay up late. It is something you develop as a child i think. The desire to be up as long as anybody else was up was indeed a strong one. Being an expert negotiator i realised that in order to gain permission to stay up late i would have to have a reason. The reason would often be a random t.v.show. [img]http://www.austinchronicle.co...[/img] The years went by and at some point i found myself a teenager who didn`t really sleep too well. I had a sleeping disorder perhaps but i think it was just that i didn`t want to sleep when everybody(society) said i should be asleep. As a result i didn`t want to be awake when it was time for school. This is how i got into late night t.v. Late night t.v. was not at the time especially rude or anything(apart fromt he French cinema on Channel 4 by the way but was mainly the leftover sitcoms from USA and weird shows that appeared to come from people`s home movie shelf rather than the t.v. vault. 24 hour t.v. was a new thing back in those days and late night t.v. was a place for the cult stuff and the things that nobody really would see. Nobody that is apart from all the kids who were at home instead of roaming the streets looking for kicks. [quote]You know all that money we spend on the military ever year - trillions of dollars? Instead, if we use this money to feed and clothe the poor of this world, which it would do many times over, then we can explore space, inner and outer, together, as one race.[/quote] Channel 4 had some good comedy things from time to time and i remember vividly They had some stand up comedy from a guy named Bill Hicks. I have always liked a laugh so i watched this show. I didn`t smoke and never have done but his smoking stuff was just so funny. I was not that political at the time or at least i was not that well informed on what was going on. His war stuff made sense and his drug stuff too. Although once again i was not really into drugs i just agreed with his philosophy on them. [img]http://www.billhicks.com/wild...[/img] Some of Bill`s stuff might be considered borderign on homophobic and does sit kind of at odds with his general manner. I think his attack on George Michael wa sbased more on his celebrity than his sexuality and i don`t think his sexuality was even widely known at the time so Bill i assume didn`t mean it that way. We all have our faults maybe Bill`s was that he had some tolerance issues. I don`t think he was a raging homophobe either. If he had and phobia it was pretty mild. Not to excuse it just to put it in perspective. I mention this simply to show that i acknowledge this. Bill called it the comedy of hate and the theory was that "people suck", and can anybody really argue that? People do suck when you look around the world. I think Bill was like me in having a view of people" that is both negative and positive at the same time. A human being empathy mixed in with a cynical hatred for the crimes of human beings. Bill also had a love of animals and started a charity for wildlife. [url=http://www.billhicksfoundatio...]http://www.billhicksfoundatio...[/url] [img]http://www.austinchronicle.co...[/img] So yeah as i grew into who i am Bill grew into one of my heroes. His live nature meant that i didn`t ever get enough of Bill but i enjoyed the recorded shows and still do to this day. [quote]I'm not a girl, I'm a guy you know? But at the same time, I tell ya how you can solve this abortion issue right now. Ready? Those unwanted babies that single moms leave in alleys and in dumpsters? Leave about 12 of those on the steps of The Supreme Court. This is over. Like that. "You guys said we had to have them? Then you guys...FUCKING RAISE 'EM." "Raise 'em then, you fucking fucking raise 'em. YOU raise 'em. You said I had to have it? Then it's yours. Fuck. It's yours..Take it"[/quote] Bill was evolving i think until he died and whilst he died of cancer i do sometimes wonder if he was killed with cancer. That sounds paranoid i know but when you learn about some of the evil deeds that have been done by the powerful then you would not bat an eyelid to learn that they killed a stand up comedian from Austin Texas. Regardless of that he was a great man and his teachings should be studied by all. [img]http://www.chapel-perilous.ne...[/img] Bill Hicks Sane Man(an early Hicks stand up that is a must for any fan is coming to DVD and has been out ages on video). check it out and other Hicks stuff at [url=http://www.sacredcowproductio...]http://www.sacredcowproductio...[/url] Also check out [url=http://www.billhicks.com]http://www.billhicks.com[/url] the live videos [url=http://rykodisc-media.com/bil...]http://rykodisc-media.com/bil...[/url] [quote]The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride... And we... kill those people.[/quote] check out coronabaster.org message board. |
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